Dr. Chelsea Brehmer, Ph.D, CRC, serves as a researcher with the Innovative Partnership for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Research & Training (IPARRT) housed within the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER).
Brehmer currently works on the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (TAC-QE) grant and the process evaluation of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Worker Connection initiative.
Brehmer received her Ph.D in Community Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in August 2021. Her research interests include reentry and rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions who have experienced incarceration, employment as a driver to improve overall participation and well-being, and individual career development.